The Hershey Press 1916-05-11

              NEXT SATURDAY
IS CLEAN -UP DAY
THIS IS THE HEALTHIEST TOWN. KEEP IT SO. CLEAN- UP DA Y SATURDA Y
Large Meeting of Fly Eradication
Committee Decides to Start the
Campaign With a General
Public Movement in Which
All Are to Take Part
Saturday, May 13, will be :Clean-up
day in Hershey, Derry Church and Spring
Creek.
Everybody is asked to take part. .
Clean up the; house and the premises.
Burn the rubbish. Destroy the breeding
places of the flies. Make this the flyless
town. Make it the spotless.town.
At the meeting of the committee it was
the general opinion that Clean-Up Day
held May 10 last year accomplished vast
good. Supplemented by the fly campaign
it gave Hershey' the most comfortable
summer it had ever known. There were
fewer flies and less illness;
At the called meeting of the fly com-mittee
the chairman, William F. R. Murrie
presided with L. R. Meekins, secretary,
Mr. Dubois being in New York. . Among
those present were: H. N. Herr, J. B! Leit-hiser,
James.Millard, C. V. Glynn, Dr. M.
L. Hershey, Dn J. Landis Zimmerman, Dr.
Schaeffer, Dr. Windle, John Allwine,
Frantz .Zinner, Elmer Klippinger, W. R.
Esbenshade, William Leithiser, E. J.
Krause. J. M. Brandau.
Chairman Murrie invited the opinions
of those present and in short speeches
Dr. Hershey, Dr. Schaeffer, Dr. Zimmer-man,
Dr. Windle, Mr. Glynn, Mr.' Herr
and others agreed that the campaign
should be carried on along the lines of the
fight last year and this was endorsed by a
unanimous vote. Mr. Leithiser made the
motion for the clean-up day and it was
carried and the necessary announcements
were ordered.
Mr. Leithiser urged the necessity of the
householders obtaining garbage cans and
said they should buy iron cans and should
be careful in separating the ashes and gar-bage,
so that the collection might be made
easier. There are three collections of gar-bage
and three of ashes every week.
Mr. Zinner reported that conditions
along the railroad tracks, were becoming
bad and it was.decided to call upon the P.
and R. officials to have the matter attend-ed
to.
It was the general verdict that the fight
last year was worth while, that the flies
had been reduced and that with proper
effort a great improvement might be
brought about in 1916. To that end all
were urged to get to work and all the com-mittees
were ordered on their jobs by
Chairman Murrie.
The meeting was adjourned to Wednes-day,
May 17.
In the meantime everybody is asked to
take part in Clean-Up Day. Get in touch
with your committee.
PRESIDENT MURRIE GOES WEST
William F. R. Murrie, presiden t of the
Hershey Chocolate Company, Mrs. Murrie
and their four children Malcolm, Bruce,
Esta and Marion left Monday afternoon
for Detroit, Michigan where they will
remain .until Saturday. Mr. Murrie dur-in
g his stay in Detroit will attend the
National Confectioners' Convention and
with his family will visit the Packard
and Ford motor car companies and other
points of interest,
WANTED FOR THE TROLLEY LINES
The Hershey Transit Linos are doing
more busin ess nil the time and they face
the busiest summer of their history.
Superintendent Krcider aims to be ready
for all demands and he invites young men
who are employees of Die Hershey Choco-late
Company who want to learn as extra
men to call at his office after six o'clock in
the evenin g and talk over the matter with
him. These young men must be over 21
and not over 30.
MRS. HENRY 'S ATTACK
Mrs. George W, Henry cut a gash in
her thumb about » week ngo, At first
the In jury was not considered serious,
but on Saturday last infection set in and
her condition became serious, Dr. E. E,
1), Shaff er and Dr, J. Landis Zimmerman
were called and found that Mrs, Henry
was sufferin g from a slight, attack of lock-jaw.
Her jaws had already stiffened and
it not was until Monday that Mrs, Henry
showed hIkhh of Improvement.
SHEEHAN'S SORE SHOULDER
"Jake" Shcehan , the Vlllnnovn College
twlrler who was with the Ilorshoy team
part of hint: season, has been unable to do
any work in lira box this year on account
of a sore shoulder. Sheehim was one of the
bust- pitchers at the college last, season and
the lost of his services hayo been keenly
felt. He plays a clever game in any posi-tion
, however, and has been fillin g a
position in loft field. ,
MUST BEHAVE IN HERSHEY
Men Fined for Breaking the Laws.
Others Sent Out of Town
Among the newcomers to Hershey were
several young men who had hoodlum tend-encies.
They began swearing on the streets
and calling to passers-by and making re-marks
about . girls' and women. Ralph
Fiore took them in hand and gave them the
choice of leaving town or being prose-cuted.
One of them after being sent away
came back and stole a suit case from a
Hershey acquaintance who had been kind
to him; He was caught and the suit case
was recovered. The young man broke
down and cried pifeously for mercy,
promising to leave and to reform. He be-longed
to a good family and for the sake
of his father and mother he was let go.
At large expense and with much labor
the slopes of . the park in front of the
Hershey , Central Theater have been
brought into fine condition, and the rows
of benches are a great public convenience.
Signs warn all from using the slopes but
several young men tried to show smartness
by disregarding them and doing what
they could to kill the grass.- Five of them
were arrested and Squire Cassady imposed
a fine of $5 and costs in each case. He also
let it be known that any other proven
cases of disorder or trespass would re-ceive
a fitting penalty. Ralph Fiore made
the arrests. In most of these cases of
trespass the young men disclaimed any
intent of wrong and said it" was due to
thoughtlessness. • They promised to
never do it again.
Hershey is the home of order and it
will not tolerate hoodlumism. Any further
efforts at swearing on the streets or mak-ing
loud remarks detrimental to women
will land the offenders in jail .
FISHING IN SPRING CREEK
Season Has 'Begun and Catches are
• Reported
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' Many fine fish are being taken from the
near-by streams by local anglers. Last
Monday evening William Leib vrhtleTish-ing
in Spring Creek landed an eel which
weighed a pound and three-quarters. This
is the first fish to be entered in the fishing
contest being conducted by J. Ed. Gruber
at his barber shop in Derry Church. Mr.
Leib is one of Hershey's most ardent fish-ermen
and he seldom returns from his ex-peditions
without a large string. Mr. Leib
tells the story of how he learned the art of
fishing while a member of the 12th Cavalry
of the U. S. Army under Col. Dodd, "who
is now with the United States army
in Mexico.
Daniel, the small son of Mr. and Mrs.
George Coppenhaver, "holds the record
catch for the largest trout caught in this
vicinity this season. The young angler
hooked his trout while fishing in Spring
Creek last week-.
HERSHEY'S OPENING GAME
The Hershey Men's Club baseball team
will play its opening game of the season
this coming Saturday, May 13, at the
Park diamond. They will have for their
opponents the Paxton A. C. of Harris-burg.
The game will be called at 3 o'clock,
Charles D, Hrinser has been elected
manager and has been busy getting his
men in their positions for the opening
contest. The following players have been
takin g part in all the practice games and
will be given a chance in Saturday 's game,
Catchers: D. Ensmingcr, I. Bomberger,
C. Bomgurdner and P. Henry; Pitchers:
R, Shaffer , 11, Dressier, M, Stover, A.
Fidler, E. Bombardner First Base : L, W,
Meekins; Second Base ; Erickson , Mc-
Gowan; Short-stop: J. Allen ; Third
Base : C, lirinser and lleagy;Outfield: W,
Dressier, S, Magrini , I. Mease, E. Smith,
W. Zimmerman, A, Kunk el, J, Staulfer.
A meeting will be held on Friday evening
and a captain will be elected,
PETERS--GRUBER
Announcements were received here last
week of the marriage of Miss Minerva
Gruber, dau ghter of Mr. and Mrs, C. F ,
Gruber to William Henry liters, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Peters, both of
Cnmpbelllown on Thursday, May <1,
The weddin g was solemnized at the homo
of the binio 's parentis with the Rev,
Henry Krelder oflkialing, Only tlio
immediate- members of the families worn
present and the couple were unattended.
Mrs. Potei'H Is one of Cnmpbelllowii 'n
most accom plished young ladies and for
the past four years was a teacher in tlio
public schools at that , place, Mr. Petern
is well known In Hershey where ho wu«
formerly connected for several years with
the Heralioy Store Company,
Immediately after the ceremony Mr,
and Mrs, Peters left on an extended
wedding tri p to New York City, Wash-in
gton and the Great Lakes, Th<!y will
be at home after June 1 at Locust street ,
Cnmpbolltown. '
NEW RESTAURANT IN THE PARK
WILL SEA T OVER A THO USAND
ONE OF THE MANY IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE SEASON OF
1916. NEW ENTRANCE IS BEAUTIFUL. ON SITE OF
HERSHEY PRESS BUILDING IS A NEW PARK WITH
ARTISTIC STATUARY. THEATRE IMPROVED.
SEASON TO OPEN IN A FEW DAYS .
Many workmen are busy at Hershey
Park preparing the great popular resort
and amusement center for its season of
1916, a season that promises to eclipse
all the crowds and flocks of automobiles of
previous years.
Already it is seen that Hershey's visitors
in 1916 will be very largely an automobile
crowd. The number of machines increases
daily. They are coming from every direc-tion
and from many states. Even on Sun-day
in the rain and storm the Hershey
Cafe was filled.
So the most important improvement is
the fine modern dining room that is being
built in Hershey Park, under the direction
of Builder Putts. It is on the site of the
old dancing pavilion and it will seat easily
a thousand guests.
This dining-room will be equipped with a
complete modern kitchen, with gas ranges,
dish washing machines and everything that
will aid good cooking and prompt service.
An orchestra will play during the regular
meals hours and for special parties and
large excursions.
The great feature of the. new dining hall
is the commodious porches on both of the
long sides. On these a thousand people
may congregate. The porch to the north
overlooks Spring Creek and is a delight-ful
place. This new dining hall will at-tract
automobilists from every quarter.
There is nothing like it in this section.-
. . More For the Pu blic
The old restaurant will be used for the
public and will have, additional attrac-tions
in the way of novelties, souvenirs and
fountains. It will also have plenty of
rest room.
Every building has been improved and
the sanitation will be as perfect as it can
be made.
Here is a point that travellers and ex-cursionists
should heed. When they come
to Hershey they get into sanitary surround-ings
and the water they drink is from the
mountains and is all filtered. Safety first ,
is a Hershey Park motto.
Play For Young and Old .'¦
Qn the children 's playground .will be
found a new equipment of 12 steel swings
which are the very latest. For both the
children and adults are new canopy
swings and a new see-saw. On Spring
Creek will be six; latest type canoes, which
are so popular with young people. This
will increase the fleet on the creek to 35
boats, embracing all kinds.
The big pool, which accommodates
2000 at once, will be in the best of condi-tion
and there will be a. new outfit of bath-ing
suits. Tens of thousands use this con-crete
pool and enjoy its clear, filtered water.
Theate r Opens May 22
The Park Theater has been much im-proved
and changes have been made that
increase the stage efficiency.
The formal opening of the theatrical
season will be on Monday, May 22, when
the Corine players with Dan Malloy will
open a. month's engagement, giving two
plays a week, with changes Monday and
Thursday. Previous .experience with this
company has shown that the size of the
audiences increases as the engagement con-tinues
and the last week is always the big-gest.
There could be no better proof of
merit and popularity and the coming back
of the company to Hershey is because of
the satisfaction given in past seasons. The
company this year is much strengthened
and the engagement is expected to sur-pass
previous years.
May Dance May 25
On Thursday evening, May 25, the new
dancing pavilion will Be the scene of much
gaiety. The May dance will be given and
a large attendance is promised. The hall
will be decorated in military style and
there will be a large orchestra .
' An Inviting Entrance
•The entrance to the park is now all that
could be desired. The road over the bridge,
the new iron railings, the stone steps for
pedestrians, the handsome globe lamps
and the whole thing are most inviting.
As one enters he finds himself gazing at.a
new park which was formerly the site of
the old Hershey Press building and there
are new flower beds and plants and in the
center is a new concrete base 10 by 12
feet and 6 feet high; on top of which will
be placed the big statue of the deer and at
the corners four handsome vases with
flowers.
As the visitor stands at the entrance
he has a new view across the hills and he
finds himself .looking straight towards
Highland Park. Itiis then realized that the
plan of the park matches the plan of the
park on the hil and that in all the planning
of Hershey the distances are taken care of,
thus assuring uniformity.
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COVERED WITH GOLD LEAF
A Now Advortl nln fir Stunt Stopa Ovor
In Horahoy
The la lesl. thing In free advertising came
to Hershey last week. The "Moxle "
people I)hvo forty or more cars out In
various parts of America spreadin g the
fame of the drink that, cheers without
violatin g the prohibition laws, The cars
travel In pahs and the pair that emtio to
Hershey were new Cadillac Eights. ¦ One
was ivory white and the other was covered
with $1,200 worth of gold leaf—at least,
that was what the travellers said. It . was
bright, and beautifu l and novel and those
who saw it marvelled and thought of
Moxle, which Is the pur pose of this sort
of thing. Almost as handsome as the cars
but not. covered with gold leaf were the
men travellin g along, L. A. Hager and A.
W, Iloclgtrmn of the Moxle homo staff and
W, R. Fowle, of Riverside, Pa,, local rep-resentative
of the Moxie product.
MCK.ISSICK--HGHT
Miss Edith Light , daughter of Mr.,and
Mrs. George Light , of Hummolstown, unci
Grovcr C, McKlssIck , of West Chester ,
were united lit marriage on May 5, at th<i
Zlon Lutheran Church parsonage.
FIRE COMPANY'S NEW CLOCK
A short lime ago the Hershey Volunteer,
Fire Company received from E. B, Cas-sady
ii donation in recognition of the ser-vices
of th e company a t . t h o recent lire
on bin premises, The Company wishing
this donati on to have some purmnnont
form have applied the money lo the pur-chase
of it very handsome clock which now
hangs in their rooms, The clock Is made
by tlio Ansonla Clock Company, Is 56 in-ches
In height and is a lino specimen of
the clockmnkors ' art. It bears tlio In-scription
in gold letters "Gift of E, II;
CnsBiuly, Feb. 26, 1916,"
WANT TO KNOW
MORE ABOUT IT
People Who Pass Through Hershey
Write Back. Constantly Letters
Are Received From Various
Part * of the World Asking
/ Details of the Town
"I caught a glimpse of your town while
passing on the train and I should like
to know more about it. . Will you please
send me any booklets or pamphlets you
may have," wrote a traveller this week,
and his request is typical of many which
are received by the Information Bureau.
"The following is from a letter of one of
the leading manufacturers of the United
States:
"While passing through your ¦ town of
Hershey a few days ago, I was particular-ly
impressed, not only with ' the design of
your new factory building, but also with
the general centralized industry with its
group of activities which have there been
built up. You seem to have carried out in
an exceptional degree the idea of pleasant,
healthy surroundings for the group , of
workers with whom you are directly con-cerned.
'
"As our company has already spent sev-eral
millions of dollars in a rapidly growing
industry here, we now begin to see the de-sirability
of considering some of the needs
of our workers in the way of surroundings
other, than mere factory routine.
Looking, therefore, to the future, I
would esteem it a favor if you have any
literature aj id pictures covering the gen-eral
scheme of operation of your town of
Hershey, with .its factories', stores, social
centers and homes, if you could send me a
copy of these, that they might be con-sidered
in connection with our own gen-eral
plans.
"Your private golf links, running from
the house to. the factory doors, as well as
the surrounding farms, gave a particularly
pleasing spring setting adapted to the
manufacture of food products."
Interest in Hershey increases every day
and the indications are that the number of
visitors this year will far surpass all pre-vious
records. There is special inquiry
about the' community development and
general welfare work, and Hershey's' re-markable
health record is attracting
increased attention.
A WONDERFUL SINGER
Many From Hershey Attend the Con-cert
In Harrisburg
Madame Schumann-Heink drew many
people from Lebanon Valley points to the
Chestnut Street Auditorium in Harris-burg
Tuesday evening, including more
than fift y from Hershey and many from
Hummelstown and Palmyra , After forty
years of singing this incomparable con-tralto
proved herself to be as effective
and as captivating as ever. She is won-derful
; she has never had and she has not
now a rival in her peculiar genius. To her
art she adds personality. Every number
she sang was a gem and the whole program
was delightful. The audience was very
enthusiastic. Fred. C. Hand is to he con-gratulated
on the success he has won in
brin ging great artists and operatic works
to Harrisburg.
Among those from Hershey were; Mr.
and Mrs. S, D. Clark, Mr, and Mrs, W, L.
Dubois, Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Meekins,
Mrs. J, Ed, Field , Mrs, Annie Maulfnir ,
Miss Anna Mowery, Miss Bertha Lcib-hart
, Miss Pauline Clark , Miss Ruth
Hershey, Miss Anna Lloyd , Miss Ruth
Engle, Misses Helen and Florence Lund-graf,
Miss Jcanette Donmoyer, Miss
Emma Wanner, MIsh Edna Landis, Miss
Ruth Landis, Miss Mary Maulfair,
Joseph Hollinger , George Huss, L, W.
Meekins, R S. Brown , Edmund U, Smith,
Edwin W, Schwenlc, Ralph Maulfair ,
John Seitziu ger.
From HiimmelHlcwn: Mr, and Mrs.
Robert. Wnlton , Jr.,. Miss Emma Walton ,
Mrs, Robert Walt on , Sr„ Miss Carroll
Walt on, Mrs. Landis Strlckler , Sr., Mr.
and Mrs, Landis Strlckler , Jr., J, M.
Rrl ghthlll unci family, Mrs. W. P. Hart-well
, Miss Mary Hartwcll , Miss Ethel
Davis, Mish Viollet Cassel, Miss Hernico
Nissley, MIhs Helen Fox, Miss Sarah Mutb,
Miss Marlon Walt er, Miss Annie Mack,
Miss Esther Shope, Miss Elizabeth Ream,
Miss lieulrico Zcltcrs , MIhh Elizabeth
Grove, Mitti Alburthn Grove, Miss Mabel
Nissley, Mrs, Lizzie Nissley, Mrs, Mengle,
Miss Harbitra Hummel , Mrs, Kallo Hum-mel,
Miss Esth er Hummel, Miss Florence
lluntmc), Miss Jennie McDonald, Miss
Ada Walttir , Miss Muuclo Zcrfoss and Rev.
Mr. Uausclt.
FREE DANCE
There vvill be a dunce held in the Her-shey
Parle new dancing pavilion on Sat-urday
evening, Mtty 20. No admission
>vill bo charged. Good music will bo furn-ished
by , th e Heraliey Park theater or>
chestni.
Over Three Thousand Acre's in Corn ,
Wheat , Oats , Rye, Potatoes , Beets t
and Soia Beans. Over 160,000
Bushels of Grain Expect-ed.
' La rge Hay Crop
It is expected that the Hershey farms
this year will yield over 160,000 bushels
of -cereals, an unprecedented hay crop
and other products in large measure.
Last year the yield, was below that of the
year before because of the damage done
by the severe hail storms which cut much
of- the corn and wheat to pieces. This year
the planting is about the same as last
year; but better luck is hoped for in the
matter of weather. Under the new ar-rangement
James Millard has the direc-tion
of all farming operations both north
and south of Hershey.
The Hershey farm proposition is still
divided into two divisions. North of the
railroad are the properties under the Her-shey
Farms Company. On these the fpl-lowing.
have been planted :
Corn, 975 acres.
Wheat, 750 acres.
Oats, 390 acres.
. Soj a beans, 20 acres.
The farms south of the railroad are
known as the Hershey Industrial School
Farms and on these the following have
been planted : ,
. Corn, 566 acres. .
Wheat, 154 acres. • .;"'"';,, : '
Oats, 220' acres. ' ' ' ;¦¦
Rye, 50 acres.
Potatoes, 10 acres.
Beets, 3 acres.
Judging from the past the following
yields are expected:
Corn, 124,000 bushels. '
Wheat, 16,000 bushels.
Oats, 25,000 bushels.
The rye is for pig and horse feed , for
pig feed mainly. The model pig farm of a
thousand requires much rye.
The three acres of beets will produce
an appetizer for the livestock.
The soja beans are for fertilizer; they
contain valuable humus and nitrogen .'
A monster hay crop is expected. In
one place particularly—the old Rudy
farm—there are forty acres of as fine
alfalfa as could be found in America.
There will be great crops ,of mixed hay,
red clover, alfalfa and alsyke. '
Owing to the conditions of the year it
is more difficult than usual to get farm
help this year, but the Hershey farms
with their modern conveniences aire more
attractive than ordinary farms and they
invite a superior class of help. There are
several fine opportunities open for good
farmers.
HERSHEY FARM
CR OPS TN 1916